Quiz: Can you tell the difference between real Jewish holidays and ones we just made up but which might still be real, who knows

The Jewish religion is an ancient and venerated one characterized by its love of tradition and seemingly endless parade of crazy holidays. While researchers are still tabulating, at last count there were over 4,593 Jewish holidays, with more being discovered every day! Take our fun quiz and see if you can tell between the authentic holidays and the completely fictional ones which very well may still themselves be legitimate.

1. Ok, let’s start easy!

Hannukah

Passover

Shabbat

Melbrooksikah

2. That one was easy, but see if you can guess this one!

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Chodesh Tishrei

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan

Rosh Chosh Bosh Chosh Mosh Tosh Tachosh Losh Chosh

3. Not so simple, huh? A lot of them DO sound the same!

Yom Kippur

Yom Ha’Zikaron

Yom Ha’Atzmaut

Yom Mamas Ofat

4. Don’t get your tzitzit in a knot over this next one!

The Fast of Esther

The Fast of Gedalia

The Fast of Tisha B’Av

The Fast of the Fast and the Furious

5. Ok now we’re starting to get concerned. Most of these are made up, right? How can there be more?!

Purim

Tu B’Shvat

Shavuot

Jewish Christmas

6. For real. These can’t all exist…

Sukkot

Simchat Torah

Lag Ba’Omer

The Feast of the Three Day Weekend

7. Fuck. Did anyone fact check any of these?

Shemini Atzeret

Tu B’Av

Sigd

G?

8. No. No no no no no no.

The one with the little houses

The one with the little tops

The one with the dry crackers

The one where Ross and Rachel take a break

9. I think these are the last ones. I’m frankly at a loss…

Monday

February 29th

Bastille Day

Easter, if you think about it

Quiz: Can you tell the difference between real Jewish holidays and ones we just made up but which might still be real, who knows

You did it!

You got them all correct! Or maybe you didn’t! To be honest, we just asked one of our Jewish writers to put this together and it’s entirely possible he pulled the whole thing out of his ass. A lot of these sound real fake. We’d ask him to explain but he’s out of the office for the next six weeks at a spa celebrating his “Bar Shvitzah” which he says is the most holy time of year for Jews and we really don’t want another human rights complaint.

Quiz: Can you tell the difference between real Jewish holidays and ones we just made up but which might still be real, who knows

You did it!

You got them all correct! Or maybe you didn’t! To be honest, we just asked one of our Jewish writers to put this together and it’s entirely possible he pulled the whole thing out of his ass. A lot of these sound real fake. We’d ask him to explain but he’s out of the office for the next six weeks at a spa celebrating his “Bar Shvitzah” which he says is the most holy time of year for Jews and we really don’t want another human rights complaint.

Quiz: Can you tell the difference between real Jewish holidays and ones we just made up but which might still be real, who knows

You did it!

You got them all correct! Or maybe you didn’t! To be honest, we just asked one of our Jewish writers to put this together and it’s entirely possible he pulled the whole thing out of his ass. A lot of these sound real fake. We’d ask him to explain but he’s out of the office for the next six weeks at a spa celebrating his “Bar Shvitzah” which he says is the most holy time of year for Jews and we really don’t want another human rights complaint.

Quiz: Can you tell the difference between real Jewish holidays and ones we just made up but which might still be real, who knows

You did it!

You got them all correct! Or maybe you didn’t! To be honest, we just asked one of our Jewish writers to put this together and it’s entirely possible he pulled the whole thing out of his ass. A lot of these sound real fake. We’d ask him to explain but he’s out of the office for the next six weeks at a spa celebrating his “Bar Shvitzah” which he says is the most holy time of year for Jews and we really don’t want another human rights complaint.